Dream of the Red Chamber ~ 16 查抄贾府

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Simplified Chinese
赵堂官忙回西平王：『贾赦、贾政并未分家，不能不尽行查抄。』西平王沉吟一下，便道：『既然如此，且先传信后宅，叫内眷暂避，再查不迟。』

Tradionnal Chinese
趙堂官忙回西平王：『賈赦、賈政並未分家，不能不盡行查抄。』西平王沉吟一下，便道：『既然如此，且先傳信後宅，叫內眷暫避，再查不遲。』

Simple Translation
Hall official Zhao hurriedly returned to King Xiping: “Jia She and Jia Zheng have not separated, so they cannot stop checking.” King Xiping pondered for a while and then said, “In that case, send a letter first and then send it to the house, so that the family members can take shelter for a while, and then check it later.”